School: Tigh Molaga (C.) (roll number 12457)
- Location:
- Tigh Molaige, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Shíthigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0318, Page 302
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“I wandered forth at night alone”
Lament over the ruins of the Abbey of Theach Molaghs
Timoleague by James Clarence ManganI wandered forth at night alone
Along the dreary, shingly beaten shore
Sadness that night was in my bosom's core
My soul and strength lay prone.
II
The thin wan moon, half overveiled
By clouds, shed her funeral beams upon the scene
While in low tones, with many a pause between
The mournful night-wind wailedMusing of Life and Death and Fate,
I slowly paced along, heedless of aught around,
Till on the hill, now, alas! ruin crowned
Lo! the old Abbey-gate. Dim in the pallid moonlight stood,
Crumbling to slow decay, the remnant of that pile
Within which dwelt so many saints erewhile,
In loving brotherhood. The memory of men who slept
Under those desolate walls - the solitude - the hour -
Mine own lorn mood of mind - all joined to o'erpower(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peig Ní Mhuirthille
- Gender
- Female